Dictionary

quaranteam en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkwɒrn̩tiːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tim/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɔɹ.ən.tim/ (General-American)
• /ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tim/ (New-York-City)

Etymology

Blend of quarantine + team.

Meanings

1. (informal) A group of people who choose to quarantine together during a pandemic to limit exposure and maintain social interaction and support.
   • Once in the quaranteam pod, you will have to adhere to a golden rule: You can't see anybody else. This is an extremely difficult rule to enforce, especially as quarantine drags on. 2020 May 8, Emma Betuel, “Quarantine with friends? 5 tips experts say to consider”, in Inverse, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2024:
   • Gideon Lichfield, the Editor-in-Chief of the MIT Technology Review, recently broke two months of isolation to form with some friends what's known as a "pod," a "bubble" or a "quaranteam" — that's "team," with an "m." 2020 May 23, Megan Thompson, “How to form a COVID-19 social ‘bubble’ or ‘quaranteam’”, in PBS, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2024:
   • In closing, we thank our loved ones and "quaranteams" who afforded us this opportunity, during a period that required attention to care of others and ourselves, to carve out time to finish this work. 2022 December, S. Harris Ali, Creighton Connolly, Roger Keil, Pandemic Urbanism: Infectious Diseases on a Planet of Cities, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 9:
   • Two weeks ago, Lichaa and Noulinthavong formed what some are calling a “quaranteam,” loosely defined as the group of people you choose to live with during the coronavirus pandemic. 2020 April 17, Saba Hamedy, “People are ditching their homes and joining their friends to avoid isolation. It’s called quaranteaming”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2024:
   • And research suggests that the quaranteam model might be the answer for getting through what’s likely to be months more of social distancing. 2020 July 31, Erin Sagen, “Building a ‘Quaranteam’ is Helping People Deal With the Pandemic”, in Shondaland, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2024:

Forms

quaranteam en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkwɒrn̩tiːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tim/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɔɹ.ən.tim/ (General-American)
• /ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tim/ (New-York-City)

Etymology

Blend of quarantine + team.

Meanings

1. (informal, intransitive) To quarantine together with a group of people; to form a quaranteam.
   • He made the decision mid-March to quaranteam with a woman he had been casually dating for two months, named Heff. 2020 July 31, Erin Sagen, “Building a ‘Quaranteam’ is Helping People Deal With the Pandemic”, in Shondaland, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2024:
   • Considering the risks, the most important thing to do before choosing to quaranteam is to establish trust with the people who you want to shack up with. 2020 May 8, Emma Betuel, “Quarantine with friends? 5 tips experts say to consider”, in Inverse (website):Inverse, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2024:
   • I don't envy him having a mostly virtual collage, but he's making the most of it, quaranTEAMing with his boyfriend and bingeing our parents's streaming services. I'm totally jealous. 2023, Ismée Williams, Rebecca Balcárcel, Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities, Inkyard Press, →ISBN, page 125:
   • For those who remain solo during the stay-at-home order – or for those who are in other undesirable living situations – the internet has made it possible to fantasize about who they could quaranteam with. 2020 April 17, Saba Hamedy, “People are ditching their homes and joining their friends to avoid isolation. It’s called quaranteaming”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2024:

Forms

Deriveds

quaranteaming